Dhanaraj Maheswarappa Email & Phone Number

Pleasanton, California, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Avionics and Telecom:Responsible for the Embedded SW engineering and Enterprise/Systems test teams delivering FAA-regulated SW for Inflight Entertainment( IFE) and Inflight connectivity ( IFC).Identified and eliminated inefficiencies with CI, and Agile rigor.Championed automation of 1000s of tests thus improving speed to market.Set vision and empowered teams with technology direction/ tools.Fostered alliances with peers from Product, PMO, HW, ProdOps, CustOps, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, Systems, Architecture, and Certification teams.Coached /Mentored direct reports (managers, sr. managers, & tech leads).Partnered with vendors for tools and technologies and HR for staffing.Led PMO on the launch of several new products ( NPI) from concept to cash.Oversaw Feature, System, and Enterprise test functions including setting & driving vision / charter / automation and execution plans.Ensured team's adoption of Agile methodology / SAFe practice.Facilitated CFT meetings, executive leadership briefings, and periodic program reviews.Mentored/coached and managed Program/project managers.Managed onshore/ offshore Engineering teams directly.Orchestrated phase gate reviews from project Initiation to Planning to Execution to Closure.Partnered with Product team and stakeholders in driving scope and changes.

London, Gb

Education:Led scrum of scrums spanning 7 teams distributed in five countries( & time zones) with an annual development budget of $3 million.Successfully delivered Learning Studio application while following Agile methodology.

Cleveland , Ohio, Us

Banking & Finance:Established strategic alliance with portfolio leads from Originations, Risks, Compliance, and Credit while directly reporting to CIO.Responsible for $8 million ERP practice portfolio overseeing an onshore team of 15 and an offshore team of 45 engineers.Managed a team of 13+ developers and was actively involved with the migration of 30+ legacy SW applications onto a COTS application over a span of 3 years including interfacing with a vendor.Co-led the organization-wide adoption of Agile methodology including training the teams on Agile, adopting tools, and rallying troops behind the movement.Responsible for all aspects of project management(plan, execution, risks, change, cross-team collaboration, documentation, communication).Tech-lead, responsible for the development, integration, and delivery of N-Tiered distributed client/server apps.

Monroe, Louisiana , Us

Telecom and Internet:Architected/developed Java/ J2EE apps for order entry and order management systems.Led a team of 8 developers (full-stack Java development) and post-production support.